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| Jason Wakeford |
Clarity names Jason Wakeford SVP, working out of the agency’s Los Angeles office. Wakeford most recently founded independent consultancy Barcourt Communications. He has also served as interim head of communications for eBay, led communications for the UK Civil Aviation Authority and was chief media officer for the UK Environment Agency. At Clarity, Wakeford will serve as senior counsel to existing clients, expand Clarity’s LA presence and oversee the agency’s expanding consumer tech practice. “With his deep experience in consumer tech and issues management, I have no doubt he will bring invaluable insights and counsel to our existing and future clients,” said Clarity LA managing director Monica Feig.
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| Sarah Dembert, Emily Giegerich |
imre promotes Sarah Dembert to EVP and Emily Giegerich to SVP. Dembert has been with the agency since 2011, most recently serving as a senior vice president. She has worked across the oncology, respiratory, immunology, diabetes, cardiovascular and rare disease sectors. In her new role, she will add to her duties by taking on enterprise responsibilities as chair of imre’s senior leadership team forum. Giegerich was previously a vice president at the agency. Before joining imre in 2018, she was director, marketing & communications at Squeaky Wheel Media. As senior vp, she will oversee client experience across several global pharmaceutical brands. “Sarah and Emily are two shining examples of leaders within our organization who are naturally strategic, compassionate and results-driven team builders handling challenges with ease,” said imre Health president Anna Kotis.
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| Rebecca Schuette |
Verusen, a supply chain intelligence provider, appoints Rebecca Schuette as senior vice president of marketing. Schuette was most recently vice president of marketing at KUDO, a multilingual meeting SaaS company. Before that, she was VP of Marketing for SmartBooks, a SaaS-enabled finance and HR solution for small businesses. She has also worked as a marketing manager at Digitas. In her new post, Schuette is responsible for leading Verusen’s marketing initiatives. “We are confident in her ability to build new marketing initiatives that will help increase lead generation for the company and grow Verusen’s brand awareness,” said Verusen founder and CEO Paul Noble.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
